someone who's calm and professional”可排除A项。

2．What can people use emoticons to do at the workplace?

A．Make it personal to communicate.

B．Keep up with the trend of the times.

C．Show a positive attitude to the receiver.

D．Help them share their ideas and feelings.

解析：C考查推理判断。根据第四段的内容可知，当尴尬或者可能冒犯别人的事情发生时，或者可能误解了某事时，人们往往会使用表情符号来稍微改变一下语气，传达积极的交流氛围或者让表达变得缓和。也就是说，在工作场合，人们可以通过表情符号来向接收者表达自己积极的态度。故选C。

3．What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Emoticons should be used with caution.

B．There are strict limitations on emoticon using.

C．All the US CEOs are against the use of emoticons.

D．Emoticons can greatly help bring people close.

解析：A考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“Pollak, however, warns against being too casual at work”“I wouldn't use a happy face with any CE O in the US. I wouldn't use a happy face with the people of a certain level” “You can make or break a relationship with one email these days”可知，人们在使用表情符号时要谨慎，要分场合分人，不能随意使用表情符号。

4．What's the writer's attitude towards the use of emoticons at work?

A．Subjective.B．Objective.

C．Doubtful. D．Opposing.

解析：B考查作者态度。纵观全文可知，作者既谈到了表情符号的流行及作用，也谈到了人们在使用表情符号时需要注意的地方。因此作者的态度是客观的，故选B。

B

(2017·河南省第二次统一检测)

Half of primary schools will adopt the traditional Chinese method of maths teaching in a Government drive to stop British youngsters from falling behind their_Asian_counterparts.

Youngsters in the UK are way behind those in China, Singapore and Japan in numeracy (计算能力). In the latest PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests for 15-year-olds, Shanghai came top in maths while the UK came 26th.

The school will give up “child­centred” styles and instead return to repetition, drills and “chalk and talk” whole­class learning. Primary school children will be taught “Shanghai maths” as British schools copy Chinese teaching methods to improve standards. So far 140 teachers have been trained in the approach.

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